Malabar 21 naval exercises begin
Representing the Indian Navy is Shivalik-class multi-role stealth frigate INS Shivalik (F 47), and Kamorta-class anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kadmatt (P 29).
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China passes law for third child support
China had ended the one child policy in 2016, when it allowed all couples to have a second child
In search of solutions to apparently insoluble international problems
The High-Level Open Debate on Enhancing Maritime Security: A Case for International Cooperation, held online by the UN Security Council on the 9th of August, should become an important step towards finding constructive compromise solutions to pressing international security problem
Russian FM urges inclusive dialogue to normalise Afghan situation
By IANS Russian Foreign Minister Sergei lavrov on Tuesday called for inclusive dialogue with the
Taliban declares amnesty across Afghanistan
By IAR Desk New Delhi: August 17, 2021: After its swift takeover of Kabul on
Profits and poppy: Afghanistan’s illegal drug trade a boon for Taliban
The United States spent more than $8 billion over 15 years on efforts to deprive the Taliban of their profits from Afghanistan’s opium and heroin trade, from poppy eradication to airstrikes and raids on suspected labs.
Taliban enter Kabul, await ‘peaceful transfer’ of power
Taliban negotiators headed to the presidential palace Sunday to discuss the transfer, said an Afghan official
Taliban enter Afghan capital as US diplomats evacuate by chopper
Taliban insurgents entered the Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday, an interior ministry official said, as the United States evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter.
In recorded message Ghani says remobilizing security and defence forces; mum on resignation
President Ashraf Ghani in a pre-recorded message to the nation on Friday said that remobilization of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) is his top priority and that required measures are underway to reach this end, but he vowed to prevent further bloodshed in the country.
As humanitarian crisis unfolds in Afghanistan, UN chief urges Taliban to halt offensive immediately
The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on Taliban militants to “immediately halt” their offensive against Government forces and return to the negotiating table in good faith, “in the interest of Afghanistan, and its people.”